Support ARM64 Windows desktop · Issue #25998 · nodejs/node (original) (raw)

Is your suggestion related to a problem?
At present the Electron project does not support the new Windows 10 on ARM (ARM64 Win32) platform. One of its dependencies is Node.js, which also does not support it. This means that on these devices Electron apps run emulated which, with the complexity of Electron, means a suboptimal user experience.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like Node.js to support Windows 10 on ARM. Ideally this would include any tweaks needed to make Electron embedding easier, and I would be pleased as punch to see Node.js host ARM64 Windows EXEs on its main page.

Describe alternatives you've considered
As mentioned earlier, Windows 10 on ARM includes an IA32 emulation layer that runs Node.js. This works well for many applications, but my prototype ARM64 build of Node.js runs much faster in significantly less memory.